The filmmaker said when he was speaking at the British Film Institute Southbank that the United Kingdom instead excelled in the field of theatre and produced “amazing” pop music.
During a discussion that took place at an event held at the BFI Southbank in London, film director Danny Boyle voiced his lack of faith in the accomplishments of the British film industry.
Boyle said the following in statements that were published by the Daily Mail: “It’s a terrible thing to say at the home of British film but I am not sure we are great film-makers, to be absolutely honest.”
He continued by saying, “As a nation, our two art forms are theatre, in a middle-class sense, and pop music, because we are extraordinary at it.”
The filmmaker was speaking after a screening of the zombie thriller from 2002 titled 28 Days Later, which was a part of the British Film Institute’s (BFI) In Dreams Are Monsters horror film season. The film was written by Alex Garland.
Boyle has garnered a number of accolades for his work in the film industry, including the Academy Award for Best Director in 2009 for his work on the film Slumdog Millionaire as well as the Bafta Award for Best British Film in 1995 for his work on the film Shallow Grave.
